Phones Without Sim Card Slots Could Soon Become A Reality Thanks To Google

Although we have had phones with eSIM support for years now, the technology has not caught up enough to replace traditional SIM cards. One key hurdle with eSIMs is in the way it supports dual SIMs. While you can set up multiple SIM profiles in an eSIM, only one of those profiles can be active at a time. According to a new report from Esper, however, Google is working to improve eSIM support on Android 13.

As Esper’s Mishaal Rahman reports, Google has implemented what it calls Multiple Enabled Profiles (MEP) on Android 13. Patented back in 2020, the technology allows a single eSIM element to connect to two different carriers at the same time. This way, the OEM doesn’t have to add two eSIM elements (which takes up space) or use a combination of eSIM and physical nano-SIM card slot to offer dual SIM functionality.